Project Manager Jobs in Lafayette, LA

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Payroll Manager

Carencro, LA
onsite
Permanent / Full Time
80000.00 - 85000.00 USD / Yearly
We are looking for a Payroll Manager to oversee accurate, timely payroll operations for a large employee population in Louisiana. This role is ideal for a thorough leader who can manage complex payroll activities, collaborate across departments, and ensure compliance with company policies and applicable regulations. The successful candidate will bring strong experience in full-cycle payroll administration, employee issue resolution, and payroll reporting in a multi-entity or multi-state environment. Responsibilities: • Lead complete payroll administration for assigned employee groups and entities, ensuring each cycle is completed on schedule and with a high level of accuracy. • Examine timekeeping records, leave entries, earnings components, and payroll adjustments to confirm all approved pay elements are correctly reflected before processing is finalized. • Partner with supervisors, operations teams, Human Resources, and Finance to address missing approvals, time entry discrepancies, and other issues that could affect payroll deadlines. • Apply authorized employee changes such as hires, separations, compensation updates, incentive payments, reimbursements, and deduction changes within the payroll system. • Perform payroll balancing and reconciliation activities to validate hours worked, earnings, taxes, deductions, and net pay prior to submission. • Produce and maintain payroll registers, audit support files, deduction reports, termination payment records, and other documentation required for compliance and internal review. • Manage payroll deductions and withholdings, including benefits, retirement contributions and loan repayments, garnishments, taxes, and other approved employee elections. • Investigate and resolve payroll concerns such as incorrect pay, missed payments, deduction questions, and tax-related issues while maintaining a thorough and service-oriented approach. • Support year-end and periodic payroll activities, including tax reporting, W-2 preparation, responses to payroll notices, certified payroll needs, and coordination with external providers when needed. • Assist with payroll accounting and reporting needs by coordinating payroll funding, labor distribution, accruals, general ledger entries, reconciliations, and project-specific payroll requirements.
2026-10-15T21:21:58Z

Senior Accountant

Carencro, LA
onsite
Permanent / Full Time
90000.00 - 110000.00 USD / Yearly
We are looking for a Senior Accountant to support complex project-based accounting activities in Carencro, Louisiana. This role is central to delivering accurate financial reporting, overseeing cost performance across active service and repair work, and helping leadership make informed operational decisions. The ideal candidate brings strong technical accounting knowledge, hands-on experience in project environments, and the ability to manage multiple reporting priorities in a fast-moving industrial setting. Responsibilities: • Oversee accounting activities for service and repair projects, ensuring costs and financial results are captured accurately from initiation through completion. • Track project financial performance by reviewing budgets, incurred expenses, margin trends, and revenue recognition throughout each stage of execution. • Evaluate labor, materials, equipment usage, subcontractor charges, and indirect costs to maintain reliable job costing records. • Prepare monthly financial reports, reconcile balance sheet accounts, and assemble detailed schedules that support reported results. • Contribute to month-end and year-end close by recording entries, validating account balances, and helping meet reporting deadlines. • Review cost distributions across projects, identify unusual variances, and research the underlying causes to resolve discrepancies. • Partner with project and operations leaders to provide financial insights, performance updates, and forecasting support for ongoing work. • Maintain work-in-progress schedules, fixed asset records, and depreciation activity while supporting audit and tax documentation requests. • Use Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central to process accounting transactions, analyze project data, and improve reporting efficiency and internal controls.
2026-11-02T17:08:48Z

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